Growing cotton supply not enough

AUTHOR(S)

Hogsett, Don

PUB. DATE

July 2003

SOURCE

Home Textiles Today;7/14/2003, Vol. 24 Issue 43, p28

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the growth of the cotton supply from China for the textile industry in the U.S. Percentage of world cotton productions; Consortium of cotton growers; Elimination of textile and apparel trade.

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